By the end of this activity you will be able to: Identify and use appropriate operations (including combinations of operations) to solve word problems involving numbers and quantities based on ‘real life’, using one or more steps.

Solve these problems using a calculator and/or paper and pencil. Explain and record how you solved the problem in the text as your progress through the questions. The answers will be shown once all the questions have been completed. You may get bonus points for explaining methods and giving accurate reasoning.